Auston Matthews Throws Maple Leafs 'Passengers'
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Let's look at the facts. Since 2018, the Maple Leafs' longest tenured players — Matthews, Marner, Nylander and Morgan Rielly — have fallen completely flat in their career in Game 7, scoring three goals between them in six games.
The Toronto Maple Leafs flamed out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs once again and one insider insists this core must be broken up.
After another disastrous Game 7 showing from the Toronto Maple Leafs, change feels inevitable.
Game 6 is on Friday night in Sunrise, and the Leafs took the ice for morning skate before facing elimination. At one point during the morning skate, Toronto head coach Craig Berube stepped away from the group to talk to Matthews alone.
Zeisberger digs into Matthews a bit, saying it's time for Toronto's star center, who hasn't scored in the series, to come through in a big way to get the Maple Leafs over the hump and into the Eastern Conference Final.